Tactless — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others

revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tˈæktləs/

🇬🇧British English

/tˈaktləs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tˈaktləs/

2 syllables Say it as /tˈæktləs/.

Examples

in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age
an inept remark
it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

untactful inept

Antonyms

tactful

Parts of Speech

adjective	lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others “in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age”
adjective	revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse “an inept remark”

Word Forms

tactlessness	noun	the quality of lacking tact
ineptness	noun	the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

taktlos

im Umgang mit anderen das Angemessene und Rücksichtsvolle fehlt oder einen Mangel zeigt

🇫🇷French

sans tact

manquer ou montrer un manque de ce qui est approprié et attentionné dans ses relations avec les autres

🇪🇸Spanish

sin tacto

carecer o mostrar una falta de lo que es apropiado y considerado en el trato con los demás

🇮🇹Italian

senza tatto

mancare o mostrare una mancanza di ciò che è appropriato e premuroso nel trattare con gli altri

🇳🇱Dutch

tactloos

het ontbreken of tonen van een gebrek aan wat passend en attent is in de omgang met anderen

🇵🇹Portuguese

sem tato

falta ou mostra falta do que é adequado e atencioso ao lidar com os outros

🇷🇺Russian

бестактный

отсутствие или демонстрация отсутствия того, что уместно и внимательно в обращении с другими

India

🇮🇳Hindi

उद्दंड

दूसरों के साथ व्यवहार करने में जो उपयुक्त और विचारशील है उसकी कमी या कमी दिखाना

🇧🇩Bengali

কৌশলহীন

অন্যদের সাথে আচরণ করার ক্ষেত্রে যা উপযুক্ত এবং বিবেচনাযোগ্য তার অভাব বা অভাব দেখানো

🇮🇳Tamil

தந்திரமற்ற

மற்றவர்களுடன் கையாள்வதில் பொருத்தமானது மற்றும் கரிசனையுடன் இருப்பதில் குறைபாடு அல்லது குறைபாடு காட்டுதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

యుక్తిలేని

ఇతరులతో వ్యవహరించడంలో తగినది మరియు శ్రద్ధగలది లేకపోవడం లేదా లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

चातुर्यहीन

इतरांशी वागण्यात जे योग्य आणि विचारशील आहे त्याची कमतरता किंवा अभाव दर्शवणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

કુનેહહીન

અન્ય લોકો સાથેના વ્યવહારમાં જે યોગ્ય અને વિચારશીલ છે તેનો અભાવ અથવા અભાવ દર્શાવવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಚಾತುರ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲದ

ಇತರರೊಂದಿಗೆ ವ್ಯವಹರಿಸುವಾಗ ಸೂಕ್ತವಾದ ಮತ್ತು ಪರಿಗಣನೆಯ ಕೊರತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಕೊರತೆಯನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൗശലമില്ലാത്ത

മറ്റുള്ളവരുമായി ഇടപഴകുന്നതിൽ അനുയോജ്യവും പരിഗണനയും ഉള്ളവയുടെ അഭാവം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അഭാവം കാണിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੁਸ਼ਲ

ਦੂਜਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਵਿਹਾਰ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੋ ਢੁਕਵਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਚਾਰਸ਼ੀਲ ਹੈ ਉਸ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ ਜਾਂ ਘਾਟ ਦਿਖਾਉਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے تدبیر

دوسروں کے ساتھ برتاؤ کرنے میں جو مناسب اور قابل غور ہے اس کی کمی یا کمی ظاہر کرنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不圆滑

与他人打交道时缺乏或表现出缺乏适当和体贴的态度

🇯🇵Japanese

無粋な

他者と接する際に適切で思いやりのあるものが欠けている、または欠けていることを示している

🇰🇷Korean

재치 없는

다른 사람을 대할 때 적합하고 사려 깊은 것이 부족하거나 부족함을 나타냄

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thiếu tế nhị

thiếu hoặc tỏ ra thiếu những điều phù hợp và ân cần trong cách cư xử với người khác

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่มีไหวพริบ

ขาดหรือขาดสิ่งที่เหมาะสมและคำนึงถึงผู้อื่น

🇮🇩Indonesian

canggung

kurang atau menunjukkan kurangnya pantas dan penuh perhatian dalam berurusan dengan orang lain

🇵🇭Filipino

walang taktika

kulang o pagpapakita ng kakulangan sa kung ano ang nararapat at makonsiderasyon sa pakikitungo sa iba

🇲🇾Malay

tidak bijaksana

kurang atau menunjukkan kekurangan apa yang patut dan bertimbang rasa dalam berurusan dengan orang lain

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بلا لباقة

الافتقار أو إظهار النقص في ما هو لائق ومراعي في التعامل مع الآخرين

🇮🇷Persian

بی تدبیر

نداشتن یا نشان دادن فقدان آنچه در برخورد با دیگران مناسب و با ملاحظه است

🇹🇷Turkish

düşüncesiz

Başkalarıyla ilişkilerde uygun ve düşünceli olanın eksik olması veya eksikliğinin gösterilmesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

חסר טאקט

חוסר או מראה חוסר במה שמתאים ומתחשב בהתמודדות עם אחרים

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